hightail

To leave quickly; light out: She took one look and hightailed for home

To speed; rush; highball: We better hightail it if we want to make the first show(1925+ Cowboys)

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Idioms and Phrases with hightail it

hightail it

Go as fast as possible, especially in leaving; rush off. For example, With the police now searching for them, they hightailed it out of town, or When Jane remembered it was his birthday, she hightailed it to the bakery for a cake. This expression alludes to the raised tail of a rabbit or other animal that is fleeing.
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